Grundy County, Illinois - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 11 of those read), 1882 (part 2 of 4)

WILLIAM T. HOPKINS, attorney, Morris, was born in Maine October 5, 1819, son of David Hopkins, also a native of Maine, born in 1779 ; he was a farmer by occupation, and died in Maine in 1860 ; his wife, Esther (Trask) Hopkins, was born in Maine in 1781, and died in 1872, at the old homestead in Maine. Tlie parents raised fourteen children - nine sons, of which subject is the sixth, and five daughters. Subject was educated in the State of Maine, and read law at Bangor, that State. Was admitted to the bar at Morris, 111., in 1850, and at once began the practice of his profession, which he still continues. Mr. Hopkins was engaged in the mercantile business in Morris from 1853 to 1855. He has been Superintendent of Public Instruction for one term ; was elected Judge of the G-rundy County Court in 1861, and served one term ; in 1864, he was elected Kepresentative to the Legislature from this countj' for two years ; he was also one of the Electors the same j'ear on the Republican ticket, which cast the vote of this State for Abraham Lincoln for President. In 1865 and ^866, Mr. Hopkins was one of the general agents of the Internal Revenue Department of the United States. Was iu the three-months service in the late war, and raised a company, of which he was Captain. In 1863-64 - 65, he was President of the Sanitary and Christian Commission for this district. Subject was married in Maine, in 1846, to

Clara H., daughter of Simon Prescott ; she was born September 20, 1824. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins having no children of their own, raised two nieces - Hannah Hopkins, who is now the wife of Allen P. Mallory, and Nora J. Abbott, wlio is now an invalid at her adopted home with her uncle. Mr. Hopkins is a Mason ; has filled most of the offices in Lodge and Chapter, and is at present (1882) Master of the Lodge at Morris. He was a member of the first convention that formed the Republican party in this State. Self and wife are members of the Baptist Church. Subject was an intimate friend of President Lincoln from 1850 to the time of his death, and was at the convention at Chicago that nominated Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency. Mr. .-Hopkins is still a Republican.

D. C. HUSTON, restaurant and photographer, Morris, was born in Grundy County, III., July 13, 1850. Son of Charles and Jane (Enos) Huston, natives of New York State, he born about the 3'ear 1809. His parents raised five children - two daughters, one of whom died in her teens, and three sous, of whom our subject was the second. He commenced his education in the country schools, and finished it in the State Normal Institute at Bloomington, 111. His first work was farming, but after finishing his schooling he began clerking in a dr}- goods establisinuent at Gardner. This occupation he continued in different places until in 1874. After clerking again in Gardner for a few months, he began traveling for the Sherwood School Furniture Company, with which firm he continued for about two and one-half years, when he began the photograph business, which he still follows. February 18, 1882, he opened a restaurant, which he still carries on. April 8, 1879, in Ottawa, 111., Mr. Huston married Annie C. Kiersted, born May 3, 1854, daughter of George Kiersted (deceased), one of the early settlers of this county. This marriage has resulted in one child - Mabel C, born Maj* 9,

H. H. IIOLTZM AX, stationery and news depot, Morris, was born in the District of Columbia November 3, 1837, son of James H. and Sophia (Sliell) Holtzman, both natives of the District of Columbia. He, born December 7, 1815, was a moi'chant, and died November 12, 1868; she, born May 22, 181(5, died May 28, 1868 ; tlie3' had five sons, of which our subject was the oldest, and six daughters. Mr. Holtzman was educated in the District of Columbia, and, with iiis fath(n- and the family, came to Morris in 1855, wliore our subject engaged in the same business lie follows at present, except that it was on a very limited scale, lie has increased his business from year to year until he now has a large and commodious storeroom well tilled with goods and controls a good trade. He is no partisan in politics ; is a member of the Masonic Order, and has taken all the degrees from E. A. to K. T. Mr. Holtzman was married, in this county, Ma}- 9, 18G9, to Lucy Hollands, born March 10, 1847. She is a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Smith) Hollands, both born the same year, 1813. She died January 27, 1881. He still lives in this county. Mrs. Holtzman is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

SAMUEL HOLDKRMAN, Morris, was born in Mari<m, Marion Co., Ohio, October 0, 1828 His parents were among the first settlers of Grundy County, settling in Holderman's Grove, then La Salle County, in 1831. Tlic following year (1832), they were compelled to flee to the settlement where Pekin now stands for security from the Indians, then on the war-path. In Jul}-, 1852, our subject was married to Miss Martha H. Coke, daughter of Charles H. Coke, of Grundy County. She was born in England September 15, 1830, and died in Felix Township, Grundy County, on the 2f>th of April, 1866. The result of this union was six children - Charles H., born January 19. 1854, married to Miss Elizabeth Peacock, of Morris ; Mary E., born May 22, 1855. died December 25, 1877 ; Charlotte M., born January 19, 1857, married T. Furgeson in April, 1880 ; William E., born December 22, 1858 ; Caroline M., October 22, 1860, and Orville S., December 5, 1863. During the life of his first wife, Mr. Holdcrman lived on a tarm in Felix Township, Grundy County. In Januar\-, 1872, ho married Mrs. Elizabeth King, widow of Alondas King, and sister of his former wife. Mr. Holdermau has, by his enterprise, assisted largely in giving character to the business of his county. He is now engaged, in connection with his two sons, Charles and William, in the stock business in Wyoming and Utah. He also has an interest in three gold and silver mines in Southern Utah. With these, his son-inlaw, Furgeson, is connected. Mr. Holdermau spends the greater portion of his time in the West, where his business interests call him. His residence is on Fremont avenue, Monis. His politics are Republican.

W. D. HITCHCOCK, County Clerk, Morris, born in Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., August 16, 1857 ; son of H. 1>. Hitchcock, born at s:ime place in 1827. The father came to Morris in November, 1867, and was Deputy Clerk four years. In 1877, was electpd Clerk, in which capacity he served till tlie time of his death, which occurred April 7, 1880. His wife, Mary J. (Cutting) Hitchcock, was a native of Westport, Essex Co., N. Y., born in 1833. She now lives with her sou (subject) in Morris. The parents raised three children - one son (subject), and two daughters. Our subject was educated at the High School at Morris, and began life in the dry goods business as salesman, which he followed some six years. From there, he came

' into the Clerk's office as Deputy under his father, and after his father's death he was elected to fill the unexpired term. Republican in poli-

FRANCIS HALL, saloon, Morris, was born in Ciaclcmannan, Scotland, August 16, 1830. He was raised and educated in Scotland, and came to the United States in June, 1855 ; settled in Penns3lvania for about one 3'ear, then in September, 1856, he came to Morris, Grundj' Co., 111., where he has since resided. He engaged in the coal trade for several j'ears until 1868. In 1861, he sunk the first shaft made on the Conklin road. Since 1868, he has been proprietor of the saloon, corner of Washington and Wauponsee streets ; residence on Washington street. He was married, Februa'r\- 3, 1862, to Miss Margaret Rankin, of De Kalb Countj-, 111. Mrs. (Rankin) Hall was born January 24, 1841. The}- have a family of nine children, four of whom are dead. They are Thomas Hall, born December 17, 1862 ; Margaret J., born April 5, 1865, and died July 31, 1866 ; Christina M., born June 26, 1867, and died October 17, 1868; Francis, born September 11, 1869; Jennie, born February 19, 1872 and died October 22, 1875 ; Lillio, born August 3, 1874, and died September 30, 1875 ; JJdward, born August 13, 1876; Jessie, born May 27, 1879; Isabel, born June 18, 1882,

JOHN K. HARRISON, mechanic, Morris, is a native of Oneida County, N. Y., born July 7, 1828, and raised in Montgomery County, N. Y. He learned the carpenter trade under his father, serving five j'ears, and afterward served a twoyear's apprenticeship as millwright. He was married, December 31, 1847, to Miss Phila Jones, of New York. She was born March 2, 1830, Mr, Harrison came to Morris in 1852, since which time he has been engaged mostljat his trade. August 7, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Seventj'-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, to which regiment he belonged till 1864, when he was transferred to the Sixty-fourth U. S. C. I., acting as Commissary Sergeant. He continued in this regiment until January 1, 1866, when he was discharged. During his entire service, he was emploj-ed in the Quartermaster and Commissary Department. After the war, he came home, and remained about eighteen mouths, when he went South, and engaged in raising cotton in its season, and working at his trade in the winter. The family consists of eight children - only three living. They are William Henry, born in 1854: Thomas Jefferson, born in 1858, and Ida Isabel, born September 23, 1862. Those deceased are Adelphy A., born in 1847 : Mary, born in 1849 ; both died in New York in December, 1857 ; John J., born in 1863, died in Grundy County in 1863 ; Josephine, born in 1852, died in Grundy County in 1853, and Eugene M., born in 1867, and died in Mississippi in 1875. Mrs. Harrison is a Methodist; Mr. Harrison is a Democrat.

RICHARD HUGHES, saloon, Morris, is a native of Count}- .Alayo, Ireland; was born in June, 1835. His parents emigrated to the United States in 1846, and settled in Portsmouth, Va., where our subject was principally educated. He served an apprenticeship of three years at the trade of confectioner. About 1855, he came to Morris, Grundy Co., 111., and engaged in farming until the breaking-out of the war. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Compau\- C, Seventy-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed Second Lieutenant at the organization of the company ; was promoted to the post of First Lieutenant in 1864, and was mustered in as Captain of Company C in 1865, at Blakely, Ala. He participated in about twentj--seven engagements, including the siege of Vicksburg, siege of Blakelj-, Jackson Cross-Roads, etc. He had six brothers also in the war, all younger than himself; one of them was killed in the battle of Shiloh; three of them, including himself, were wounded at Blakely, Ala., subject receiving two wounds. Since the war, he has been engaged in business in Morris; is now associated with Mr. J. O. Levette, on Washington street ; his residence is on the corner of Division and North

EBENEZER HYDE, retired merchant, Morris, was born Februar3' 21, 1811, in Berkshire County, Mass., where he was raised and educated, and where he lived until 1852, with the exception of two 3'ears spent in Conneetiont. During the years 1852-53, he was in Aurora, III., in the lumber trade. Tlie \-ear

1855, he moved to Morris, Grundy County, where he has since resided, and for eighteen 3"ears engaged in the lumber business, from which he has now retired. He owns a farm ten miles south of Morris, which he rents; his residence is at the corner of Main and Calhoun streets. His sister, Mrs. Louisa Bulkley, widow of A. P. Bulkley, resides with subject ; A. PBulklej' was born October 15, 1812 ; died August 15, 1872. They have one daugiitor - Mary L. (Bulkley) Gore born March 29, 1858, married to William H. Gore February 2, 1882. William H. Gore was born in Saratoga Township, Grundj- County, Juh' 12, 1851. Is now engaged in the drug business at Chicago. Mr. Ebenezer Hyde, our subject, is a Republican.

PHILLIP HART, grocer, Jlorris. is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, born December 17, 1827 ; received a common scliool education in Gerraan\' and came to the United States in 1846; worked in New York City at the barber business for about six years. In 1850, he removed to Buffalo, where he kept hotel until 1853. In 1854, he settled in Morris, Grundy Countj-, where he has engaged in various kinds of business, principally as proprietor of the American House, and afterwai'din the grocery business, in which he is now engaged, in Hart's Block, Liberty street. He was married, in May, 1848, to Miss Elizabeth Goering, of Germany ; she was born March 7, 1826. They have had six children - Catharine, born February 12, 1851; and Lena, born September 11, 1854; botii died in infancy; JIary, born February 16, 1801, died Januarj' 16, 1863; Eliza, born September 16, 1857, married. May 31, 1881, to Frederick Harmening ; George, born December 22, 1858, married to Miss Mollie Ilynds; and William, born July 10, 1867.

JOHN IIxVRT, meclianic, Morris, was born on the 17th of March, 1838, in Elizabeth, Peuu. His parents, James and Rebecca Hart, came to Grundy County, his father in 1839 and his mother, with the family, in 1840. His father died in Morris on the 1st of Januarj-, 1844. His mother, Rebecca (Simpson) Hart, was born in Irolauil in 1803 ; died in Morris November 8, 1846. John, being left an orphan at the age of nine years, early acquired habits of industry. At the age of sixteen, he began the'tra<le of blacksmithina;, under Jlartin Hines, serving as an apprentice three years, since which time he has worked at his trade in Morris, with the exception of three years, from 1859 to 1862, spent in Sacramento, Cal. He is now located on Canal street, between Fulton and Calhoun streets, where he has run a shop for the past fifteen j'ears. He was married, on the 6th of March, 1859, to Miss Ellen Ward, a native of Ireland. Thev are members of the Catholic Church of Morris. Mr. Hart is among the very first inhabitants of Morris, and attended the first school ever conducted in tlie town. In politics, he is strictly independent. Residence on the corner of Fremont avenue and Oak street.

JAMES HORRIE, carriage-maker, Morris, was born in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, September 27, 18-7, and was raised and educated in the home of his nativity, where he served an apprenticeship of four years at the blacksmith trade, which he still follows. He came from liis native place to Grundy County, III, and settled in Morris in 1848. August 20, 1850, lie married Miss Catharine Anderson, of Scotland. She was born February 26, 1828. The family consists of eight children - Jane, born June 16, 1851, married to William Handwerk Januarj'

11, 1876; James A., boni July 10, 1853, married Lo Bliss Nina Holly November 24, 1875; Robert C., born November 7. 1855, married to Miss Mary Baird November 7, 1877; Joseph W., born February 13, 1858; Catharine A., born April 5, 1800; William J., born January 15, 1863; John C, born January 23, 1865, and Minnie, born September 17, 1807. Mr. and Mrs. Horrie are members of the Presbyterian Church of Morris. He is a Republican, and served as Alderman one term. Residence on Main street; carriage manufactory on Canal street.

C. F. IIARMENING, tailor, Morris, was born in Germany May 17, 1854, and was there educated; he is the son of Frod Harmoning, who was also born in Germany. Our sulijcct emigrated to the United States December 16, 1871, and stopi)ed in New York City for two years, where he followed the tailoring business; from there he wont to Rock Island, 111., where he continued his business about two years; thence to Geneseo, where he remained about three yeai-s; then to Morris, in October, 1878, where he has been ever since, and where he controls a good trade. Mr. Harmening was married in Morris, May 31, 1881, to Eliza, daughter of Phil Hart, of this place; she was born in December, 1857. Mr. Harmening and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is a Democrat.

LEANDER IRONS, hardware merchant, Morris, was born in Rhode Island April 4, 1840; son of James Irons, a native of that State, born in 1793. and is now living (1882) in the town of Mazon, in this couutj-. His wife, Phebe (Steere) Irons, was a native of the same State; was born about 1800, and died in 1850. Subject came to this State in the summer of 1801, and was educated at the common schools of Rhode Island; was apprenticed to a jeweler for five years, which time he served ont. When he first came to this county in 1801, he taught school one term south of Morris. After returning from the army, he began in the express office, where he remained nearly a .year; then began clerking in the hardware establishment of B. C. Church & Co., at Morris; remained there till Church sold out to John Gross, the firm name changing to Geisen & Gross, subject remaining with them a short time; from there subject and Mr. Church, his former employer, purchased the stock of H. C. Pettey's hardware store, and began for himself. This firm changed its name several times afterward, but our subject was a member of each new firm. At the last change, Mr. Riddle bought out J. H. Pettit. the firm name now being Irons & Riddle. They have a verj' satisfactory trade. Subject has been Citj- Treasurer one term. Alderman two years, Chief of Fire Department one terra. Mr. Irons enlisted in the Federal army in July,

1803, at St. Louis; he enlisted as a private, and was Quartermaster Sergeant of the reirinient when discharged. Our subject is a member of the Masonic order, and has taken all the degrees from E. A. to Knigiit Templar. Has filled the Blaster's place of his lodge, and has been H. P. of his Chapter for the past six years; also fills prominent offices in the Commandery. He was married iu Morris, June 6, 1800, to Mary Stauberry, daughter of Eugene Stanberry, of this place. The}' have two children - Byron L. and Willie T. Mr. Irons is a Republican.

WILLIAM A. JORDAN, Postmaster and dealer in agricultural implements, Morris, was born at Hudson, Columl)ia Co., N. Y., July 17, 1829, son of Allen Jordan, a prominent lawyer of that place, who was born Februarv 3, 1798. He came to Illinois witli liis family in May, 1847, and settled at Plainfield, Will County; from there came to Kendall County, and, after spending quite a number of years in that county, he again returned to Will Count}-, where he now resides. His first wife, Catharine

Dayton, who was the mother of our subject, was born in Rhode Island about 1808, and died in February, 1834, at Hudson, N. Y. There were but two children b}' the first wife - subject and one sister; she was born in 1831, and died in 1838. Subject was educated at the Hudson Academy. He began life as a farmer in Kendall Count3-, 111., in 1848, continuing in this till about 1865; then sold his farm and engaged in the agricultural implement business at Minooka, Grundy County, where he carried on a very large trade in this line for quite a number of years. He came from Minooka to Morris in the fall of 1870, and resumed the agricultural business, and is running the leading business in that line at this place, known as the Grundj- County Agricultural Warehouse. He was a member of the Board of Education for several years. Was appointed Postmaster at Morris January 19, 1882, by President Arthur, a position he now fills very acceptably. He is Republican in politics. Is a member of the jNIasonic fraternit}-. He was married, November 1, 1853, at Ottawa, La Salle Co., 111., to Annie E. Wing, daughter of Capt. Clifton Wing, of Sandwich, Mass. She was born January 26, 1834. They have had seveu children born to them, only four of whom are living - two sons - Clifton and Frank, and two daughters - Kate and Annie..

ALVAH R. JORDAN, lawyer, Morris, is a native of Kennebunk, Me., and was born December 13, 1844. He received a classical education in Schenectadj', N. Y. In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Thirty-siith Illinois Infantry, and served about six months, when he was discharged in consequence of injuries received at Raleigh, Mo. Soon after recovering, he again enlisted, this time in Companj' I, of Sixty-ninth Illinois Infantry, holding the commission of Second Lieutenant, and serving the full term of its enlistment.. He began the practice of law at Morris in 1869, and has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation in his profession. He is a standard Republican, and has served his county in the capacity of State's Attorney for nine continuous years. He was married, June 18, 1869, to Miss Sarah D. Parmelee, daughter of Charles R. Parmelee, of Grundy County. She was born in Du Page County, 111., March 20, 1845.

E. F. JOHNSTON, restaurant, Morris, is a native of Pennsylvania, born August 28, 1830, son of James Johnston, who was one of the old settlers of Western l^ennsylvania ; he was born in 1803 ; was a farmer by occupation, and died in Pennsylvania in 1876. His wife, Elizabeth (Rigb}) Johnston, a Quakeress, was born in 1806, and died about 1S65. The parents raised seven children - five sons, of whom subject is the eldest, and two daughters. Subject was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania, and began in the nail-cutting business, which he followed about three j'ears, when he was forced to leave it on account of failing health. He then learned the mason's trade, which he followed twelve years. He came to Morris in 1855. Mr. Johnston did the mason work of many of the best buildings of Morris, including the court house. He began in the restaurant business in 1860, which he has followed to the present time. He has a good trade, and runs the leading house of its kind in the city. He was married in this place, December 31, 1857, to Jennie M. Wallace, born in Ohio February 27, 1837, daughter of William Wallace, of Scotch descent, born in Pennsylvania in 1812 ; he is now living in Texas. Alethea Gund}-, his wife, was born in Pennsylvania in 1815, and died there iu 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are the parents of two children - Ettie F. and Carrie M. Mr. Johnston is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and a Republican.

GEORGE M. JONES, furniture and undertaking, Morris, born at Morris November 25, 1846, son of J. B. Jones (who was born in Pennsylvania about 1816) and Mary (Tyrrell)

Jones, a native of Canada. J. B. Jones was one of the first settlers of this place. He raised two sons, of whom our subject is the older, and one daughter. Subject was principally educated at Morris, finishing, however, at Aurora Seininarj-. G-raduated in the class of 1868. Subject spent his bo3'hood days la the store which he now occupies, with his father, who was then proprietor. After arriving at the age of maturity, he, in connection with J. W. Lawrence, l)ought his father out in 1877, and from tliat time they have carried on the business under the firm name of Jones & Lawrence. Mr. Jones has been Town and City Collector two 3-ears, and Alderman four years. He was married in this city, October 29, 1872, to Sophia Hazleton. She was born in Milwaukee June 17, 1853, and is a daughter of C. P. Hazleton, now of Morris. Subject has two children, both girls, viz., Mamie and Bertie, iin: Jones is a member of the I. O. 0. F. and a Democrat.

T. J. KELLY, liquors, grocerj-, etc., Morris, born in Morris May 8, 1856 ; son of Patrick Kelly, wiio was born in Ireland ; emigrated to the United States and settled in this town, where he died. There were three children - one son (subject), and two daugliters. Subject was educated at the public schools of Morris. Started for himself in 1873, as grocerj' clerk for N. K. Keller, and was with him seven }'ears. In 1880, he engaged to N. Hanna, as clerk in the same store, in which he now sells goods ; was with him two j-ears. On the 4th of April, 1881, he, in partnership with Thomas P. Reynolds, opened a grocery store on Liberty street, where they continued till October 5, 1881, at that date moving to tiie corner of Washington and Fulton streets, where the^' now have a flourishing trade. Mr. Kelly was married, at Eureka, 111., August U, 1880, to Annie O'Hara, daughter of John O'Hara. She was born in August, 1863. They have one child - a daughter - Mary Theresa. Mr. Kell3^ is non-partisan

LEWIS P. LOTT, retired merchant, Morris, was born in 1813, in Covert, Seneca Co., N. Y. ; is a son of Zephaniah and Permilla (Phelps) Lott. He was born in Pennsjivania in 1775 ; pursued farming for sixty years on the same farm in Covert, N. Y., and died July 5, 1855. She was born in Connecticut in 1780 ; died at Covert, N. Y., April 13, 1863. The parents had thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to maturity. Our subject attended the common schools of New York until thirteen years of age, and then went to Canandaigua where he learned the printer's trade. He worked as a journej'man at Cleveland for about two years, and then, forming a partnership with a friend, commenced a general book business, which he continued at Cleveland for twelve or fifteen years, and then removed to Kirtland, Ohio, where he engaged in the manufacturing business for two and a half years ; then for two or three years in the general merchandising business at Warren, Ohio. He next went to Racine, Wis., where he again engaged in the mercantile business for several years ; and, in March, 18-18, moved to this place, where he still resides. Mr. Lott was married, at Cleveland, Ohio, February 22, 184-1. to Delia Lloyd Clark, born in Philadelphia September 29, 1821, a daughter of Job and Sarah Humphrey (Chilcott) Clark. He was born in Connecticut in 1737, and died at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1839. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1787, and died in Ohio in 1849. This union resulted in four children, two of whom died in infancy ; one son, Frank Clark, died in his fourteenth j-ear. The eldest son, Edward L., only survives. Mr. Lott owns 200 acres of improved land, besides good town property. He was Deputy Clerk for eight years, and has been Supervisor, Alderman, Superintendent of Public Schools, School Treasurer ; for a number of years Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and Justice of the Peace ; Mas- ter of the Masonic Lodge, and H. P. of his Chapter. Is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., in which he has passed tiiroiigh the different olflce.s. Mrs. Lott is a Baptist ; Mr. Lott is a Republican.

aEORGE W. LANE, retired grain dealer, Morris, was born in Maine April 19, 1817, son of Joshua Lane, born in New Hampshire, February 6, 1788, was a farmer by occupation, a good classical scholar, a zealous member of the Baptist Church, and died December 15, 1859, in Morris. Parents raised two children, one son, our subject, and one daughter. The subject of this sketch was educated in the State of Maine finishing at Kent's Hill Seminary, in Kennebec County. He was raised on the farm.

CHARLES C. MARTIN, molder, Morris, was born October 19, 1848, in Fayette County, Penu., and is a son of J. B. and Sarah (Hamilton) Martin, the latter of whom died in the spring of 1859, in Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1861, the father of our subject removed to Morris, Grund}' Couuty, and engaged in brickmaking ; he now resides in Ottawa, 111. Our subject received the greater part of his schooling in Morris. In 1864, when less than sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regular Illinois Volunteers, in which he served several mouths. He is now engaged with Messrs. Griggs and Steep in the manufacture of draiu-tile and brick, the firm being known as Griggs, Martin & Steep. May 5, 1869, Mr. Martin married Miss Lydia A. Hart, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, Ijorn January 23, 1848. She is a daughter of Rev. Samuel and Rachel (Thomas) Hart ; he was born June 17, 1817, died January 26, 1882 ; she was born August 28, 1813 and is now living in Odell, Livingston Co., 111. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have five children - Leonidas A., born December 19, 1870 ; Lillie May, August 2, 1872; Charles Wilford, April U, 1875; Grace M., December 19, 1877; and James Garfield, born May 29, 1880. Mrs. iMartin is a member of the Methodist EpiscopaJ Church ; Mr. Martin Ijelongs to the I. 0. 0. F.

T. R. MINKLER, agricultural implements, Morris, was born in New York January 12, 1832 ; son of Peter Minkler, born in New York in 178S. Tlie latter moved to Illinois, in 1833, with his fiimilj-, and settled in Specie Grove, Kendall County, where he took a claim of between two hundred and three hundred acres ; there he lived till just before the war. He then sold out and moved to Ogle County, where he again bought land, settled on it, and lived there till the time of his deatli, which occurred in 1881, in his ninetj'-third year. There were eight children, five boys, of whom our subject is the youngest, and three girls. The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools of Kendall Count}', and spent his eai'ly life on the farm, which occupation he continued till 1860, since that time he has been engaged in the agricultural implement business, in Morris. For twenty-one years he acted as salesman in this Ijusiness, and in the fail of 1881 opened an implement warehouse for himself, where he does a satisfactory business. August the 9th, 1863, our subject, while out on a hunting expedition with some friends from Chicago, accidentally let his gun go off, fearfully fracturing his right arm between the elbow and shoulder, rendering it necessary to have the same amputated near the shoulder, which was very successfully done. Mr. Minkler was married first in Saratoga. Grundy County, in 1853, to Sarah A. Conklin, daughter of C. G. Conklin ; she died in 1856. He was married the second time to Elizabeth Conklin, a sister of his first wife ; she died in 1874. He has one sou by his first wife - Henry - and five children by the second wife, viz., one son Horace, and four daughters - Larissa, Carrie, Hattie and Louise. Mr. Minkler is a Democrat in politics.

Pennsylvania, June 13, 1824 ; son of James MoBrkle, a native of Pennsylvania, born July 20, 1790 ; the latter was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1857. His wife, Jane (Wick) McBride, was born in New Jersey in June, 1800, and died in 1859. The parents raised six cliildren, three sons, of whom our subject is the oldest, and three daughters, one of whom is now dead. The subject of this sketch was educated at Mercer, Penn., at Mercer College, and began life as a surveyor, also engaged in engineering and general speculating business. He came to Illinois in 1855, and settled in Morris ; has been in the insurance business twentyseven years, Police Magistrate twenty years, and was County Surveyor ten years. In January, 1881, our subject purchased, in company with several prominent men of Chicago, Morris and other places, what is known as the Keystone Mine, style of the firm being " Keystone Consolidated Mining Co." This mine is located in Summit County, Colo., and promises to be very rich. Mr. McBride was first married in Ohio, to Lydia Davidson, April 29, 1846 ; she died in 1870, in Morris. His second marriage was May 2, 1877, to A. F. English, of Chicago, daughter of Jacob English, of Lj'coming Count}', Penn. Our subject had bj- his first wife five children, four of whom are now living, three sons - J. W., T. C. and N. E., the last two live in Chicago, and the first in Colorado, and one daughter, Maggie, wife of H. A. Cagwin, of Gardner, tiiis county. Mr. McBride owns a residence in West Side Morris. He has been a pension and claim attorney, and has given to ex-soldiers $4,000 or $5,000, in reduction of of fees. He is a candidate for County Judge, and a Republican.

DAVID NICKEL, iron molder, Morris, was born in Mercer County, Penn., August 28 1851. His parents removed to MtT Carroll, Carroll Co., 111., when he was two years old. Here the}- remained one year, then moved to Sabula. Iowa, and engaged in milling for five years. In 1859, the father went with his family to Stephen's Point, Wis., where he worked at his trade (iron molder). Here our subject received his education. At the age of fifteen, he began the trade of iron molder, serving an apprenticeship of three j'ears, from which time he followed this work as journeyman until 1880. He has been in the employ of the Sherwood School Furniture Company (now the Ohio Butt Company) since 1874. In August,

1881, he was given the position of Assistant Superintendent, and in August, 1881, promoted to General Superintendent of the entire establishment, which position he now hoHs. December 27, 1876, he was married to Miss Julia McFarlane, daughter of William McFarlane, of Ohio. She was born in Ohio March 6, 1851, and is a member of tlie Presbyterian Church. Mr. Nickel is a Republican. His parents are still living, and are among the honored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Morris.

N. J. NELSON, grain merchant, Morris, was born in Skaanevig, Norway, on June 24, 1849. In the summer of 1858, his parents emigrated to Canada, and in the same year came to Grundy County, 111., and settled on the farm on which they lived for seven years, during which time, our subject received a commonschool education. In 1869, he came to Morris, where he worked at clerical work and bookkeeping until 1872, when he and 0. J. Nelson purchased the stock of Undum & Co., Liberty street, where they conducted business until the fall of 1875, when they closed out. Since 1875, he and his brother 0. J. have engaged in the grain trade. They have an elevator on Canal street, and, in connection with Mr. M. N. Hull, have an elevator near the railroad depot. In October, 1879, Mr. Nelson was married to Bliss Linda Osman, of Grundj' Countj', 111. She was born December 2, 1856, and died in

Morris January 9, 1881. Joseph Nelson, father of N. J. Nelson, was born in Norway in 181'), and died in Kendall Connty, III., July 22, 1879. Anne Nelson, the mother, was born in Norway- in 1822, and is now living in Ken- <lall County, on the old homestead. Besides N. J., there are sis children, two older and four youMLjcr than himself

JOSEPH H. PETTIT, Deputy Circuit Clerk, Morris, was born in Hunterdon County, N. J., February 6, 1842 ; son of Mahlon Pettit, also a native of that State, born in 1803; was a farmer bj- occupation, and died in 1849. His wife. Amanda (Higgins) Pettit, was born in the same Slate in 1812, and is now living, adjoining her son, in Morris. The parents raised but one child, our sulijeet, who was ^educated in the common schools of New Jersej'; and came here April 19, 1856, with his mother. He began business as clerk in a general store, where he continued for about fourteen years. He was Cashier of the Grundy County National Bank nearly two years ; was in the hardware business here four 3-ears ; was appointed Circuit Clerk to fill a vacancy for about one year, and since that has acted in the capacity of Deputy Clerk. He enlisted in the Federal army in 1861, and served three months. Was Quartermaster's clerk at Gen. Sherman's headquarters for eight months. Mr. Pettit married in this town, January 30, 1873, to Myra S. Massey, born in La Salle County June 1, 1845, and is a daughter of Jonathan and Nancy B. (Dow) Massey. Mr. and Mrs. Pettit have two children - one daughter, Muriel, and one son, Raymond J. Mr. Pettit and wife attend the Congregational Church. Subject was City Clerk two jears in Morris, and was one of the corporators of the Library Association of this place. He is a Mason and a Knight Templar ; also a member of the Repulilican party.

He was raised and educated in Maine, coming to Morris when twenty-three years old (1857). He owns a farm of 160 acres of cultivated land in Saratoga Township. He has ri'tirod from active labor, and is now living on the old home property of Mrs. Pike's parents, John and Hannah Porter; this property is situated on Main street, between Price and Pine. Our subject was married to Miss Anna Porter March 4, 1858. She was born in Chester Connty, Penn., Slarch 15, 1829, and came to Grundy County in 1849. The family consists of four children - Lillie E., born March 13, 1859, died May 1, 18G2: Edward W., born June 21, 1863; John P., born September 26, 1866; and Clift'ord L., born April 11, 1873. Joshua Pike, the father of our subject, was born near Portland, Me., February 1, 1809, and came to Grundy County in 1857. He is now living on his farm in Saratoga Township. Caroline (Barker) Pike, mother of M. B., was born in Portland, Me., in June, 1812; and died May 2, 1875, in Saratoga Township. John Porter, father of Mrs. Pike, was born June 2, 1794, in Morris, and died September 14, 1850. Her mother, Hannah Porter, was born January 18. 1793, died in Morris September 8, 1866. Ml', and Mrs. Pike are members of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Pike owns the lots upon which is situated the Goold Block. Mr. Pike has three residence houses on Washington street. east of the court house, and owns the entire eastern frontaga of court house square, besides several lots in the southwestern part of the city.

J. H. PATTISON, County Treasurer, Morris, was born in Ohio August 22, 1840; son of William Pattisou, also a native of Ohio, born in 1805; was a farmer by occupation; came to this State in 1842. and died in this county March 14, 1882. His wife, Martha (Halsted) Pattison, was born in Ohio, about 1815, and died in this county about 1850. There were ten children, five sons and five daughters, the subject is the third son. He was educated at the common schools in the county. His advantages in this direction were ver}- limited. He began life as a farmer, and has followed that occupation the principal part of his time. In the fall of 1877, he was elected County Treasurer, and took possession of the office in December of that year; he was re-elected in 1879, and still holds the office. He was married in December, 18(57, in this count}-, to Jennie Struble; she was born in New Jersey in 1840, and is a daughter of Elias Struble. Subject has three children, viz., Alice, Marj- and Hettie. Mr. I'attisbn owns a small farm in Wauponsee Township; he is a Republican.

M. S. PRINDLK, bookkeeper and City Clerk, born in La Fa\-ette, Ind., January 15, 1846, son of William Prindle, who moved here in 1848, and built the first hotel in Morris, known as the Franklin House, which burned in 1854. Mr. Prindle then built what is now called the Rock Island & Pacific Hotel; ran that several years, and in 18G3 retired from the business and never afterward engaged in active business. He died June 20. 1875. His wife, Abigail (Scranton) Prindle, was born in Connecticut June 20, 1812, and is now living with her son, our subject, in Morris. The parents had six children, three sons, of whom subject is the youngest, and three daughters. Subject was educated at the high school in Morris. He began his business life as a book-keeper, which he has followed since. He worked for John Barr for about seven years, and about five years for MeEwen& Bros.; was appointed two consecutive terms as City Clerk, and was then elected a third term for some other office. Being a Democrat in politics, and elected to this office in a city that has a Republican majority. speaks well for his popularity. Mr. Prindle was married in tliis city, July 10, 1870, to Electa A. Lindsay; she was born January 1, 1846, in Wilmington. Ind., and is a daughter of William D. Lindsay, of Wilmington. They have two children, one son - George E., and one daughter, Gracie Maj'. Subject is a member of both Masonic and I. 0. O. F. orders and is now filling his second term as Noble Grand in latter order.

WILLIAM A. PARKER, book-keeper, Morris, was born in the State of New York April 3, 1851. His parents came West when he was about one year old, and settled in La Salle County, 111., where his father engaged in farming for three j-cars, at which time he engaged in mercantile business. In 1860, they removed to De Kalb County, where they remained until 1871. The subject of this sketch was educated at Sandwich, De Kalb Co.. 111. Leaving school at the age of seventeen, he taught school for three years, after which he occupied himself in various employments until 1874, at which time he was employed by the Sherwood School Furniture Company (now the Ohio Butt Company) of Morris. He occupies the position of foreman of the warehouse department, which comprehends tiie office work of the entire establishment. Bis father, Andrew Parker, was born August 10, 1822, in New York, and died in Kansas in 1879. The mother, Harriet M. Parker, was born in New York September 22, 1824, and is now living with her son, our subject. Besides William, there are two children - Helen L., born in New York November 3, 1844, married to S. C. Lincoln, of Sandwich, De Kalb Count}- (he is distantly related to Abraham Lincoln) ; and Harriet E., born in Illinois November 5, 1860, and is living with her mother and brother William. The entire family are members of the Regular Baptist Church. Mr. Parker is a Republican.

E. H. QUIGLEY, railroad agent, Morris. E. H. Quigley was born in Crawford County, Penn. He received a common school education in his native State and in Morris, after which he took a course in the business college of Davenport, Iowa. Came to Grundj' County at the age of thirteen. His father,

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Henry Quiglej-, was born in Pennsylvania in December, 1814, and died in Pennsylvania June 3, 1866. Matilda Quigley, mother of subject, was born in January, 182(5, and is now living with her sou, ¥\. H. Quigley. Mr. Quigley was married, May 21, 1879, to Miss Lizzie S. Cody, daughter of William R. Cody, whose biography appears in this work ; she was born in Grundy County May 21, 18G1. They have had two children - Freddy W., born March 10, 1880, died August 6, 1881, and Harry H., born September 10, 1881. Mr. Quigley has been in the employ of the Rock Island & Pacilic Railroad Company for ten years, as operator, ticket agent, and is now station agent. He is a Republican.

JAMES N. READING, lawyer, Morris, whose portrait appears in this work, was horn at the homestead of his maternal grandfather, Dr. John F. Grandin, at Hamden, N. J., where his son, John Grandin, now resides. He was named after his grandmother Grandin's father, Dr. James Newell, whose wife was a Lawrence, and sister of the father of Commodore Lawrence. James N. Reading is the son and eldest child of Joseph Reading, who was the youngest child and only son of John (3), he being the eldest of John (2), who was the eldest son of Gov. John Reading. He commenced his academic course at Flemington, under Charles Bartles, Esq., who then had charge of the academy. He was prepared for college at the Princeton Academy, then entered Nassau Hall in 1827, and graduated in 1829, taking the fifth honor in a class of twenty -six ; studied law with Samuel L. Southard in Trenton ; was admitted to the bar in 1 832, and became a counselor at law in 1836. He married, February 10, 1835, Sarah C. A. Soutiiard, a niece of the Governor. From 1832 to 1850, he practiced law in Flemington, fifteen of which years he was Prosecuting Attorney for Hunterdon County. During his residence in Hunterdon Count}-, he took considerable interest and (juite an active part in the military affairs. His first appointment was to the otHce of Brigade Inspector ; resigning that after two years' service, he was appointed Colonel of the Third Regiment of the Hunterdon Brigade, which, with the office of State's Attorney, he held until he moved to the West. In 1850, he removed to Jefferson County, Mo., and for two years was President of a lead mining compan}'. He returned to New Jersey, settled up his private business, and in the fall of 1858 moved to ^lorris, Grundy Co., III., which has since been his place of residence, with the exception of the years 1859-1861, when he resided in Chicago and practiced law, in copartnership with Mr. (afterward Judge) Wallace. He was elected a member of the State Legislature of Illinois in the fall of 1856, and filled the position until the fall of 1858, when he officiated as Clerk of the Circuit Court, filling a vacancy. In June, 1861, his partner having joined the Union army as a Major of the cavalry branch of the service, Mr. Reading closed his law office in Chicago, and returned to Morris. During the war, he was Deputy United States Marshal for Grundy County, and also United States Commissioner, at the same time continuing his legal business. In 1865, he was elected County Judge, which position he held for three successive terms - -twelve \ears - and then declined a re-election. He is an indefatigable worker, having, in addition to his legal practice and official duties, been largelj' engaged in the real estate business ever since his removal to Illinois. He is an able lawyer and jurist.

GEORGE RIDDLE, hardware merchant, Morris, was born in Blair County, Penn., March 7, 1833, son of John and Jane (McKillip) Riddle, natives of Pennsylvania. He was a farmer b}' occupation, and died in his native State ; she died in Pennsylvania, in 1856. They raised six children, four sons, of whom our subject is the second, and two daughters. Our subject was educated in the common schools of I'enn- sj'lvania, and at the age of sixteen began clerking in a dry goods store, in New Castle, wliere he remained three j-ears. After spending three years more in Mercer County, Penn., he came to Illinois in 1855, and began tlie foundry business, building the first foundry of this place. He carried on this business two years, and then went into the coal business for three years, after which he pursued farming until 187(3, when he opened a hardware store in partnership with 5Ir. Irons; this firm still continues, and does a good business. Mr. Riddle was married in Morris, November 4, 1856, to Amelia Ferguson, daughter of Daniel Ferguson, spoken of in another part of this work. Our subject has been School Treasurer for fourteen years, in Mazon Township ; is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has taken all the degrees from Entered Apprentice to Knight Templar, and is one of the oldest members of the order at Morris. He is President of the Forest City Mining Company, in Summit County, Colo., considered one of the richest mines in that State ; he is also Superintendent ofthe Grundy County Mining Compan}- ; President of the Morris Cutlery- Company, and a member of the Republican party.

DR. E^IANUEL RTDGWAY, physician and druggist, Morris, is a native of Ohio, Ijorn October 22, 1831; son of Joshua Ridgway, also of Ohio, where he was occupied in farming until he came to Illinois in 1834, and settled in Grundy County, about six miles north* east of Morris; he died in Channahon, Will County, in 1839. His wife, Sarah (Cryder) Ridgvva)-, was born in Ohio about 1811, and died in this count}- in 1835. Thej' raised two children, both sons, of whom subject is the youngest. He attended the common schools in Grundy County, from 1835 to 1839, but after the death of his father, in 1 839, he was taken back to Ohio in 1840, liv his mother's people, and flnislied his education at South Salem Academ}'. He began reading medicine with

Dr. Wills, of Chiliicothe, Ohio, and attended lectures at the ITniversity of Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated in the class of 1855. In 1878, he received an honorary degree of the Chicago Medical College. In April, 1855. he began the practice of his profession at Morris, where he has continued ever since. There he engaged in the drug business in SeptemVier, 1880; this he still follows, in connection with his practice; he carries a good stock and has a fine trade. He has been Coroner for Grundy County the past sixteen years, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department six years, and has been a member of the Board of Education for the past four years. He enlisted in tlie Federal army. Seventy-sixth Illinois Regiment, as Assistant Surgeon, in August, 1862, and returned home in August, 1865. Dr. Ridgway was married in this county, in 1860, to Alcinda B. Hoge, born in 1842, daughter of William Hoge, one of the oldest settlers in this count}', born July 5, 1801, in Virginia, and is still living at his old homestead in this county. His wife, Rachel (Bowles) Hoge, was Ijorn in Virginia in 1807, and died in this county in 1843. Subject has six children, four sons - Frederick William, Henry A., George M. and Franklin S., and two daughters - Mary H. and an infant. Subject is a Presbyterian and a Republican.

THOMAS n. ROSS, miner. MoVris, was horn in Stark Co., Ohio, May 27, 1845, and here he lived until twenty years old, at which time, being a member of the Ohio National Guards, he, with his regiment, was called into active service. In this enlistment, he served four months in Kentucky and Tennessee, after which he enlisted in Company A, ofthe One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, remaining in the field until the close of the war. He came to Grundy Count}-, 111., in 1870, and worked in the coal mines of Braceville Township until 1876, when he carne to Morris, and associated himself with Mr. John son in the mining business, the firm known as Johnson & Ross. He subsequent!}' became owner of the entire mine, but soon sold a halfinterest to A. F. Mallory. The partnership continued one j'ear, when Henr}- Burrell became the successor of Mallory-. Since then the firm has been known as Burrell & Ross, now operating on the line of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. On the 8th of September, 1875, Mr. Ross was married, to Miss Bell Peacock, daughter of John Peacock, one of the first settlers of the count}-; she was born in Morris September 19, 1844. They have two daughters - Gertrude I., born December 30, 1876; and Lizzie H., born June 4, 1881. Mr. Ross is a member of the Masonic fraternity; his wife is a member of the Episcopalian Church. They own thirty acres of valuable property in the eastern part of the city, adjoining the paper car-wheel manufactory. Their residence is on Fremont avenue, west of Nettle Creek.

HON. J. S. R. SCOVILL, jeweler and Mayor of Morris, was born in Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y., May 18, 1832 ; son of Rev. John Scovill, who was also born in New York, in 1804, and in the same house that our subject was born in ; the mother, Clarissa (Young) Scovill, was also born in the same town in 1806. The Rev. Mr. Scovill was a clergj'man of the Episcopal Church, and died in December, 1861, and his wife died in 1870. The parents raised four children to maturit}- - one son, our subject, and three daughters. Subject was educated at Johnstown, common school and academy. He began in the jewelry business in Lyons, N. Y., with a cousin, with whom he learned the trade. He left New York in 1855, and went to Waukegan, 111., and two years afterward to La Porte, Ind., where he remained five years ; thence to Chicago, and remained there till 1866, at which time he came to Morris, and has followed the jewelry business ever since. He now owns not only the leading jewelry establishment of Morris, but of any of the small cities of this part of the State. Mr. Scoville was married at Kenosha, Wis., in January, 1856, to Elmira H. C. Cole, who was born in New York July 20, 1834, and is a daughter of John and Lucy (Hicks) Cole. Mrs. Cole now lives with her son-in-law, our subject, at this place. Subject has four children - two sons, J. S. R., Jr., and De Lancy T. W., and two daughters, Nellie Z. Y. and Fanny Belle Wallace. Mr. Scovill has been Alderman two years ; is a member of the Board of Education, and has been elected Mayor seven times, notwithstanding that he is a Democrat, and in general elections the city goes Republican by a handsome majority ; this shows the populMrity of our subject. He has two maiden sisters living in a house built by his grandfather in New York more than one hundred j'ears ago. Our subject has followed four generations to the grave from his place ; first, his great-grandmother, at the age of ninety-two years ; next, his grandfather and grandmother ; next, his father and mother : and next, a brother and a sister.

CHARLES SPARR, harness shop, boots and shoes, Morris, was born in Germany, April 5, 1836 ; is the sou of Nicholas Sparr, a native of German}-, born in 1800, a harness-maker by trade, died in Germany about 1870. Our subject attended school in his native place until sixteen years of age, when he came to this countv}' ; the vo3'age, which took twenty-eight days, he made alone. He spent two years at Columbus, Ohio, working at the trade of har-

I ness-making ; from there he came to Oswego, Kendall Co., 111., where he remained from 1854 to 1856, when he came to Morris, and continued the harness business. In 1868, he formed a partnership with George Woelfel, in the tannery business. This he continued for twelve years, or until Januarj' 1, 1880, when he dissolved the partnership, Mr. Sparr taking the harness and boot and shoe departments, and Mr. Woelfel the tanner}' business. Mr. Sparr does a thriv- good brick residence at Morris. He was married at Oswego, Kendall County, in 1856, to Catiiarine Wolf, who was born in Germany in June, 1836. They have had eleven children born to them, ten of whom are still living, viz., Joseph, William, Harry, Frank, Mary, Kittie, Carrie, Haltie, Birdie and an infant. Several years ago, Mr. Sparr was City Treasurer for two j'ears ; he also acted as Supervisor for two years. He is a Republican.

WILLIA5I STEPHEN, retired farmer, P. Morris, is a native of Scotland; was born May 26, 1817, and came to the United States in 1837; he is a son of William and Elizabeth ((Cruickshank) Stephen, both natives of Scotland. Subject left Scotland the 24th of April, 1837, and reached New York Cit3' some time in the following June, having been on the sea some six weeks. He reached Chicago July 1, 1837; left there the 4th of the same month, arriving at Lisbon, La Salle County, 111., on the 7th; thence to what is now Nettle Creek, Grundy County, where he made his first purchase of land, one-fourth section, in Section 20. The 22d of November, 1837, Mr. Stephen was caught out in a severe snow storm, and was so badlj- frozen that it was necessary to amputate two of his toes, and the ends of his fingers were so frozen that they bear the scars to this day ; he lived on the aforesaid farm about one j-ear and afterward settled near Lisbon, Kendall County, where he lived with the exception of two years, till 1869; one of these years was spent in Grundy County, and the other in La Salle County. He next moved on a farm which he purchased near Morris in 1869, where he remained about six years, and in December, 1875, moved to the city of Morris, where he still resides. Subject owns at present about 1,400 acres of good farming lands in this and Kendall Counties, besides city property in the suburbs of Chicago, consisting of about ninety lots, and two good residences in Morris. After his misfortune of getting frozen, when a j'oung man, Mr. Stephen found himself without any means whatever, and what property he now owns is the result of his own eflforts, showing what can be accomplished by well directed diligence. Mr. Stephen was married in the town of Big Grove, Kendall County, February 27, 1843, to Margaret Waterman, daughter of Isaiah and Hester (Van A'rankin) Waterman. Mrs. Stephen was born December 16, 1825. They have had ten children born to them, seven living, four sons, viz., William I., Merritt J., Charles M. and Fred L., and three daughters, viz.. Ella, wife of Charles B. Collins; Helen, wife of Albert E. Cogwin, and Hettie J., wife of Frederick Page. Mr. Stephen, wife and one son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Subject has been Justice of the Peace for two terms. Assessor eleven years for the town of Big Grove; is now a member of the Board of P]ducation here, and also Superintendent of Grundy County Poor Farm; he is a Republican. M. W. STEINER, dentist, Morris, is a native of Pennsj'lvania; born April 12, 1855; son of Andrew Steiner, liorn in Pennsylvania in 1822; a bridge-builder by occupation, and is still living in Pennsj'lvania; his wife, Henrietta (Wiley) Steiner, was born in Pennsylvania in 1824, and died in 1878. The parents had twelve children born to them, nine of whom are living four sons, of whom our subject is the third, and five daughters. Mr. Steiner was educated principally at Morris; graduated in dentistry at Philadelphia Dental College in 1876. Subject came to this place when eleven years of age, all alone, to visit his married sister, Mrs. Dr. Murraj', with whom he made his home till October, 1879. He began the practice of his profession in 1876, and by industry and close attention to business, coupled with a thorough knowledge of his business, he has built up a fine practice. Mr. Steiner was married in this city October 2, 1879, to Miss Lilly Grant born January 15, 1856, daughter of Judge C. Grant, of this place. He was a native of Scotland, born in 1821, and died liere in Januarj^ 1881. Mr. Steiner is a member of the Congregational Church; subject is a member of the Masonic order, and Secretary of the Morris ('utlerv Company ; he was City Clerk in 1880 ; is one of the officers of the fire department, and a Republican in politics.

JOHN SCHOBERT, dry goods, etc., Morris, was born in Germany, July 11, 1847, and came to the United States in June, 1855, with his parents. His father, Joiin William Schobert, born in Germanj', November, 13, 1815, and his mother, JIargarettaC. (Zeitler) Schobert was born in Germany, February 16, 1822. The parents raised five boys and three girls, one girl dying when but ten years old, and another when twenty-one years old. Our subject, the eldest son, was educated principallj' at the public schools in Ottawa, this State, that being the place where his parents settled on their arrival in this country, and where they still reside. Mr. Schobert began business for himself by learning the harness trade, at which he worked at Pontiac, 111., for about four years, and three years at Ottawa. He next began in the dry goods business, in 1868, as clerk, in Ottawa, which he continued about six j-ears. He came here in September, 1874. and began in the same business, in partnership with Mr. Baum. the firm name being Baum & Schobert. In March, 1881, this firm dissolved, each member opening a store in his own name, in which manner the^' have continued since. Mr. Schobert is doing a good business at Morris ; he is also interested in a store at La Salle, in La Salle Count3', the firm known as Breuuing, Kilduff & Co., which is doing a fine business. Mr. Schobert enlisted in 1863, in the Federal army, Company D, Twentieth Illinois Infantry, and was mustered out in July 1865. He was with Sherman in 1864, when he went through Mississippi. Ilis regiment then came home on thirty days furlough, at the end of which time Mr. Schobert took a trip through Middle Tennessee and Alabama, and joined Sherman at Acworth, Ga. He was in several minor engagements on these raids, and on the 21st of July, 1864, participated in the battle at Atlanta. Ga., where he was severely wounded in the right ankle, from which he still suffers. He was married in this city, January 29, 1878, to Elizabeth Baum, sister of his former partner in business. She was born September 11, 1857, at this place. They have had had two children born to themi but one of which is living, a daughter - Jessie B., born October 7, 1880. Mr. Schobert is a Mason and a Republican.

DR. A. D. SMITH, Morris. Mr. Smith was born in Jefferson Count}', near Watertown, N. Y., August 2, 1847 ; son of Eleazur Smith, a native of Vermont, born at Rutland September 21, 1807, and was a farmer by occupation. He left Vermont when a j'oung man, and went to New York, where he ran a farm and dairy till 1854, at which time he" came to Illinois, selling his property in New York, and purchasing a farm, in 1855, in Saratoga Township, this county, where he still makes his home. His wife, Maria (Darb}-) Smith, was hma in Huntington, Vt, August 24, 1815. The parents raised ten children ; eight sons, of whom our subject is the sixth, and two daughters- Dr. Smith was educated in this county, principally, and took a medical course at the university of New York City, from which institution he graduated in 1870. He began life as a telegraph operator, which he followed some three years prior to taking his medical course. Immediately after graduating, our subject began the practice of his profession, in his native county, with an uncle ; he remained there but a short time. In the fall of 1870. he came to Morris, where he now enjoj's a very lucrative practice. He owns some town lots in Mitchell, this count}' ; he is a Mason and a Republican.

came to the United States in 1851, and settled in Dayton, Ohio, where his father worked six years at the shoe-maker trade. In 1857, they returned to Canada, where they lived until they came to Grundy County, which they did in 1867. Parents lived in Morris from that date till time of death. The father died in the fall of 180G ; the mother died on January 11, 1879. Our subject was principally educated in Morris. Married January 1, 1875, to Miss Margaret A. Longacre, of Morris. She was born February 19, 1857. They have two daughters - Maud W., Isabell, born July 30, 1882. Both Mr. and Mrs. Steep are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Morris. Our subject is associated with Messrs. Griggs and Martin in the manufacture of drain-tile. Yard is located in northwest part of city ; residence on Liberty street. Henry C. and Hannah Longacre (parents of Mrs. Steep) are living, and among the respected citizens of Morris.

SAMUEL BARBER THOMAS was a native of Pennsylvania, and the second son in a family of five sons and four daughters born to William and Margaret (Evans) Thomas. His father, though born in Chester County, in the same State, was of Welsh descent, and his mother a native of Wales. Until eight years of age, Mr. Thomas lived in Chester County where he was born, when he went with his parents to Center Countj-, in the central part of the State. Here he finished a common school education, and with this capital began life for himself as a clerk in a mercantile establishment at Jacksonville. He followed this line of occupation at various places until about twentjsix years of age, when he entered in partnership with L. W. Irving in a milling and merchandising business. He subsequently went to Clearfield County, and went into the lumber business until 1852, when he removed to Peru, Ind., and for a year and a half engaged with that old-time railroad prince, Andrew DeGraff, in railroad construction. While here at work on the Indianapolis & Peru Railroad, a letter from his friend and former clerk, E. B. Hanna, reached him, urging him to accept a position in Morris, 111. He at once accepted this offer, and entered the employ of Mr. Hanna as clerk in the mercantile business. Here, as in every position in life, Mr. Thomas formed a wide circle of friends, and paved the way for the long and successful political career which soon followed. In the spring election of 1858. he was elected Justice of the Peace for the town of Morris, and on the 12th of April qualified, and assumed the duties of ills otBce. For four years he amply justified the confidence bestowed upon him by his fellow-citizens, and at the same time so strengthened himself in the regard of a wider circle of friends, that, before the expiration of his term of office, he was called by the popular vote to the position of County Clerk. From 1861 to 1878, he filled this position continuously, and with such satisfaction to the people of the couuty, that he was elected in November of the latter year to the position of Counts- Judge, a position he held until his death. During his nearly twenty -one years of public service, he held his high place in the public esteem unchallenged, and so marked was his eminent fitness for the position he occupied, that the public voice proclaimed him his own successor so long as he would consent to forego the pleasures of private life. In the fall of 1882, he was urged by various private considerations to refuse the use of his name as candidate for another term as County Judge, and, though persevering in this determination until the near approach of the nominating convention, he was at last overborne by the importunity- of friends, and gave a half-hearted assent to his nomination. The convention was held on the 12th of September, and on Monday, the lith, at 7:15, death intervened. On Saturday evening, he had gone home apparently in good health, although considerably fatigued b}- the bustle of the convention. A little after 9 o'clock, a physician was sumraoned, but the patient had passed into an unconscious state from which he never rallied. Shortly aftor coming to Morris. Mr. Thomas met and married Miss Amanda Ferguson. She was a native of New York; was a daughter of Daniel and Amelia (Fowler) Ferguson, and born October 5, 1828. No children resulted from this union, but devoted entirely to each other their lives so blended that death seemed onl}- paitially successful in rending them asunder.

Death Ok Sa.Muel B. Thomas

Samuel B. Thomas is dead. Hardly can we realize the truth of this statement, and so sudden was his demise that we cannot reconcile ourselves to the belief that it ctin be true. On last Saturday at 5:30 o'clock we were in conversation with him, and on Sunday morning came the announcement that he was dying.

On Saturday evening, about G o'clock. Mr. Thomas went home and coraplaiued of not feeling well, attributing his condition to having been exposed to the heat of the sun too much during the day. His head troubled him. Home remedies were applied, but instead of receiving relief, he grew worse, until it was thought best to send for a physician. At a little after 9 o'clock Dr. Fergu.son was summoned, but before his arrival Mr. Thomas had passed into an unconscious state, from which condition he was never aroused. Dr. Ferguson remained with him throughout the night, and tlic aid of other medical skill was summoned, but without beneficial results. He never spoke after first becoming unconscious. Gradually he sank to rest, and at 7:1.5 Monday morning he passed away. Words avail nothing at such a time as this. His life has been an open book, read of all men who have looked upon him or came under his influence. He was a true man, devoid of everything unbecoming a gentleman. For over twenty years he has been connected with the political and social histor)' of Grundy County, in that time coming in contact with all of our people, and we have yet to hear of a single person, regardless of his political opinion or social standing, who had ought to say against Sanmel B. Thomas. He was the friend of everj' man, woman and child in the county, and his demise brings mourning to every household.

Samuel B. Thomas was born at St. Marys, Chester Co., Penn.. October 20, 1820. At the age of eight years, with his parents he moved to Centre County, where after ho arrived at the age of m;iturity, he was engaged in the lumber business and merchandising until 1852, when he moved to Peru, Ind., and for a year and a half was engaged with Andrew DeGraff in railroading. While there he contracted fever and ague, from which his sj'stem was never entirely freed. Wliile at Peru he received a letter from an old time friend and former clerk. Mr. E. B. Hanna, inviting him to a sitvnttion in Slonis. In IS")!, Mr. Thomas came here and entered the employ of Mr. Hanna, who was then in the mercantile business in this cit}'.

April G, 18.58, deceased was elected to the position of Justice of the Peace for the town of Morris, and on the 13tb of that month he qualified and assumed the duties of his office. From this time commenced his political career. On the 15th of November, 18G1, before the expiration of his term of office as Justice of the Peace, Mr. Thomas was elected to the office of County Clerk, which position he filled continuouslj' until December, 1877, when he qualified for the position of Countj^ Judge, to which office he had been elected at the November election preceding, his term of office expiring in December next, and would have completed a continuous service of twentj'-one years in the court house. What better record could be given to any man. Faithful to every trust, competent for ever}' duty, affable, genial, whole-souled, he won and held the confidence of all people. So strong was his hold upon the people, that when he liad dechuvd his intention of retiring from public life, old-time friends would not listen to his protest, but compelled him to signifj- his willingness to again accept the position of Judg-, should the convention which assembled in this city on last Saturda}' tender him the nomination, with the unstauding always, that he would do no personal work to secure the nomination. At no time did he think seriously of receiving the nomination, and we know from him that he did not want it, and would not have accepted it had he been nominated only as above stated, for the satisfaction of his friends.

Shortly after coming to Morris, Mr. Thomas made the acquaintance of Miss Amanda Ferguson, sister of Sheriff and Dr. Ferguson, of this city, and during his first year's residence here they were married, and for twenty-eight years have lived happilj' together.

The parents of Jlr. Thomas have been dead several years, and are buried in Centre County, Penn. Three brothers are living in Pennsylvania, and one sister in Kansas.

August 13, 1856, Mr. Thomas was inducted into the mysteries of Freemasonr_v, and was raised from time to time until he rcaelied the Knight Templar degree. He was a devoted member of the order, and filled various offices in the several branches. At the time of his death he was second in rank in the commandery.

The court house and city buildings were clothed in mourning. The flag at the Republican pole, which had proudly flaunted to the breeze, betokenening victories in which the deceased had taken an active part to achieve, was hung at half-mast, now the emblem of sorrow for one who liad been its friend and defender. Other flags in the city were placed at half-mast, and during the time of the funeral and services, at 3 o'clock Tnesday afternoon the business houses were closed

Prior to the death of Mr. Thomas, the Knight Templars of this city had been in constant attendance upon him, and after his death they took charge of his remains, and made all arrangements for the funeral services at the request of the widow. Rep- Tesentalives of the fraternity were present from all of the neighboring towns, which together with the county officials and the vast concourse of people from all parts of the county made up one of the largest gatherings for such an occasion ever held in the city.

The floral tributes were profuse and e.weedingly appropriate. From the German society of this city came a pillow inscribed " Unser Freund." From the court house an anchor, surmounted by a star; from the Templars, a Maltese cross; from the family, a sickle and sbeaf of wheat. There were many handsome bouquets.

The funeral service was held at the residence. Rev. Young, of the M. E. Church, officiating, concluded at the grave by the Blue jLodge of Masons, followed by the Commandery.

One of the most perfect columns of our superstructure - Past Master Samuel Barber Thomas - has been stricken to earth by that insatiate archer - Death, whose sable wings spread a gloom over this Lodge of Sorrow.

Well has it been said that " the good die young," "but our deceased brother was an exception to this rule. He possessed all the elements of a truly good

Resoloed, That in the death of Brother Thomas, Cedar Lodge, No. 124, A., F. & A. M., has lost a just and upright Mason, society an exemplary citizen, his wife a kind and affectionate husliand and Grundy County a faithful public servant.

That to his beloved wife we extend our heartfelt sympathy, and commend her to Him who doeth all things well, with the assurance that she will some day go to him in tliat haven of rest, where all is peace and perfect joy.

That a page in our record book be set apart as sacred to the memory of Past Master Samuel B. Thomas, on which shall be inscribed his Masonic record.

Thursday, September 14, 1883

The committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Hon. S. B. Thomas, deceased, presented their report as follows, to wit :

Your committee to whom was referred the matter of the death of the Hon. S. B. Thomas, County Judge, would beg leave to submit the following report on the matter before them:

Whereas, Death has removed from this community the Hon. Samuel B. Thomas; and, whereas, it is but fitting that we, members of the Grundy County Board of Supervisors, who have known him personally and officially for many years, should express our respect for him as an officer and a man.

Be it resolved, That, in the demise of Judge S. B. Thomas, the "people of the county have lost the presence and counsel of a man whose daily life was pure, and whose kindly nature endeared him to all, of an officer who always did his duty fairly and justly, whose sense of justice and equity was strong and constant, and whose memory will long be held

Morris City And Toavnship

Be it re.mlved, Tlial a [lajje of the record of the Board be dedicated to his memory, and that a copy of these resolutions be certified by the clerk to the widow of the deceased. All of which is respectfully submitted. Oren Gibson, Chairman.

THOMAS TETLOW, mechanic, Morris. The subject of this sketch was borii in England February 19, 1832, and was raised and educated in his native countrj-. Having married, July 18, 1852, Miss Sarah A. Haywood, they came to Illinois and settled in Morris in the fall of 1855. Mrs. (Haywood) Tetlow was born March 15, 1825, in Yorkshire, England. In Oruudy County, Mr. Tetlow engaged in farming from 1855 to August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company I, One Hundredth Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Capt. Gardner). He continued in this regiment until the battle of Murfreesboro, when he was confined to the hospital for eleven months continuously; when able for duty, he was attached to an invalid corps, Seventeenth Regiment Veteran Reserve, where he remained until discharged, July 1, 18G5; his term of service was about three years. He took part in the liattles of Perryville. Murfreesboro and others. After the war, he learned the trade of blacksmithing under Oscar Tompkins, of Morris, and he has been running a shop of his own for the past nine years. His shop is situated on the corner of Libert}- and Jefferson streets; residence on Jefferson street. Mr. and Mrs. Tetlow have a family of four children - Eliza H., born August 4, 1854, died on shipboard about the 15th of September, 1855; Frances L., bom July 22, 1856; Charles S., born July 20, 1858, died August 31, 1861; -Joseph E., born July 14, 1860, died Scptemljer 7, 1861. Mrs. Tetlow is a member of the Congregational Chiirclj, of Morris. Frances L. (one of our subject's daughters), was married, December 29, 1875, to Frank W. Edson, of New York, later of Wauponsee Township, and they have throe

A. G. WOODBURY, real estate, loan and insurance agent and Police Magistrate, was born in Putnam County, this State, November 8, 1842; son of A. 0. Woodbury, who was born in Franklin County, Mass., August 2, 1813, and came to Illinois first in 1834, and settled in 1836, in Putnam County. He is a farmer by occupation, and came to Grundy County in 1852, remained there till 1875, then moved to Nebraska, where he still lives. His wife, Lydia S. Winters, was born in Miami County, Ohio, November 28, 1812, and is still living. The parents had six children, born to them, but three of them living, two sons and one daughter; one of the sous died at Jefferson Barracks, 5Io., during the war. Subject was educated in Grundy County, and began life as a f\irmer, which he followed from 1866 to 1876, then engaged in his present business, which he has continued since. While living in the countiy, our subject was Supervisor of his Township, Collector, Township School Treasurer, Assessor, and was elected Magistrate the past spring (1882). Mr. Woodbury enlisted in the Federal army, August 8, 1862, and served three 5ears, lacking a few days; was Sergeant in Companj' D, Ninety-first Illinois Infantry; participated in many warm engagements; was captured by Gen. Morgan in December, 1862, with the balance of his regiment, at Elizabethtown, Ky., and was exchanged in July, 1863. He was in the Department of the Southwest, operating against Dick Taylor; he was at the siege of Spanish Fort, and at Jlobile, Ala. Mr, Woodbury was married in tliis county, Jauuarj' 4, 1866, to Merinda Mechaui, born September 6, 1843, daughter of Sylvester and Delilah (Bunch) Mecham; he died in 1848, she in 1874. Subject has two children, viz., Susie D. and L. Adella. Mr. Woodburv and wife and older daughter are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Woodburj- owns a comfortable residence in town, and a good farm in the country-. Mr. Woodbury is a Republican.

.GEORGE WOE LFEL, tanner, Morris, was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 25, 1831, and was educated in his native town. At the age of fifteen, he began an apprenticeship as tanner and currier, serving three years. According to tile laws of Germany, he traveled and worked tit liis trade for four jears, when, in 1853, lie came to the United States, landing in New York, December 1. He worked in i Newark, N. J.. Pittsburgh. Penn.. and Joliet, 111., i as a journeyman workman. Was in business ' for himself for a time in Lockport, 111. From j 18G1 to 1863, he ran a leather store in Ottawa, | 111. In 1863, he settled in Morris and formed a partnership with Fred Caspari, in the Morris tannery ; in 1864, the^' bought a boot and shoe store which they ran in connection with the tannery until October 15, 18C5, when the tannery burned. They rebuilt it in the winter of 1865-66. In the fall of 1866, Caspari sold his interest to Charles Pparr, when the new firm added a harness sliop to the other business. In this relation, they remained until 1880, when they dissolved partnership. Sparr becoming sole owner of the hoot and shoe and harness store, and Woelfel of the tannery. In 1881, our subject erected a large brick building on the site of the old one, at a cost of $5,000. The establishment has a working capacity of thirt3'' hands. Our subject was married November 29, 1861, to Miss Margaret Fleck, who was born in Germany February 12, 1838, and came to the United States in 1851. Tlie family now consists of six children - Edgar H., born October 28, 1862; George L.. July 11, 1864; Annie L., August 12, 1867 ; Albert, October 19, 1871 ; Ernest, September 3, 1874 ; and an infant, born June 17, 18S2.

Hiram Warner, who is a native of New York State, born about 1813. He came to Chicago when a young man, and engaged in the grain business, which he followed some twenty years, and has since .engaged in vainous other occupations, but mainly- fanning, which he has pursued for the past twenty years in this county, where he still resides. Saraii F. (Taylor) Warner, the mother of our subject, was also born in New York, about the year 1824, and is still living in this county. The parents have six children, three sons, of whom our subject is the youngest, and three daughters. Our subject was educated in Chicago, and after roving around for a few years, sowing his wild oats, he finally settled in Morris, and served on the police force. In June, 1881, he was elected Deputy Sheriff of Grundy County, an office he holds at the present time. Mr. Warner was married in Morris, November 12. 1875, to Jeanie M., daughter of H. 0. Ward ; she was born in 1854. The)" have four cliildren - one son and three daughters. Jlr. Warner is a Republican.

JOHN WINTERBOTTOM, machinist :\Iorris. John Wintcrbottom was born in Lancashire, England, June 30, 1842. He came to the United States in 1859, landing at Morris April 12. He is a machinist Ijy trade, at which trade, together with engineering, he worked for several years in Morris. In 1870, he established a gunsmith shop on Libert}' street, where he is still engaged. Mr. Wiuterbottom was married December 20, 1876, to Miss Mary Williams of Grundy County, 111. She was born December 20, 1850. They have two sons - William R., born October 3, 1877 ; and Russell W., born August 30, 1880. Our subject enlisted in Compain' I, Sixty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, and when his term of service expired, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirtyeighth Illinois Volunteers. Mrs. Wiuterbottom is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wiuterbottom was raised b}' Quaker par- ents. William Wiuterbottom, father of John, was born in England in 1821, and died in Olathe. Kan., in 1S74, Martha Winterbottom, his mother, was born in 1821 in England, and is now living in that countrj'. Jacob Williams, father of Mrs. Winterbottom, was bora in Wales August 23, 1S20, and is now living in Grundy County. Anne Williams, mother of Mrs. W., was born in Wales August 20, 1819, and died in this county. April 21, 1873. Mr. Winterbottom is a Republican.

FREDERICK A. WILLIAMS, house carpenter, Morris, is a native of New York, born February- 13, 1847. At the age of nine, his parents moved to Illinois, and settled in Morris, Grundy County, where he was principally educated. His father, F. H. Williams, was a building-contractor, in which business he established himself, and followed it until his death, which occurred at Morris. In 1870, Mr. F. A. Williams went to Kansas, and engaged at building and contracting for four years. Returning on a visit, in 1874, he found it to his interest to remain, and in 1875 be began his present business in Morris. He ran a planing-mill and a general carpentering business, emploj'iug a large force of workingmen. He is having a very fair success. Mr. Williams is unmarried, assuming the responsibility of the family, which now consists bf the mother, one brother and one sister. The children are our subject; Sarah L.. born December 10,

1848, who is married to Thomas Shaw, of Morris; Charles H.. born October 3, 1860; and Ida B., born November 6, 1863. Cynthia T. Williams, mother of the subject, was born September 28. 1825, in Herkimer County, N. Y., and is a member of the M. E. Church of Morris. The father, F. H. Williams, was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., born Januarj- 1, 1823, and died in Morris June 1, 1875. Mr. F. A. Williams is a conservative Republican.

CHARLES F. WASHBURN, Morris, is a native of Otsego County, N. Y., born November 25, 1827, was raised and educated in his native State. In the spring of 1855, he settled in Saratoga Township, Grundy County, where he bought a farm. Here he lost his wife, Mrs. Mary (Austin) Washburn, and his three children. On the 7th of September, 1858, he was married to Miss Martha Lyon, of Jefferson Countj-, N. Y. Ske was born August 22, 1830, and came to Kendall County in 1848. The family consists of three children - George, born December 16, 1859; Frank M., September 30, 1861; and Adelbert, May 22,1863. Mr. Washburn was for several years engaged in the grocery business on Libertj' and Canal streets. He is now owner of a boat and team on the Illinois & Michigan Canal, spending much of his time on the line from Chicago to La Salle. Residence, northwest part of city. He is a Republican.

Au Sable Towistship

CHARLES W. BARKER, hardware and implements, Minooka, senior member of the firm of Barker & Stauifer, hardware merchants and dealers in agricultural implements, the leading interest of the kind in the town. He born in Lisbon, Kendall Co., 111., in March, 1851, eldest son of William M. Barker, who was boi-n in Oneida County, N. Y., May, 1825, who was a son of Samuel and Susana (Rogers) Bai'ker, he a native of Vermont, she of Massachusetts, and of Scotch descent. Samuel Barker, the grandsire of our subject, was one of the first settlers in Kendall County; his son William came with him when a young man, and succeeded his father on the homestead ; afterward purchased a farm in the same county, where he made his permanent location, and remained on the same until his death, September, 185S. Two sons were born him - Charles William, who bears his name, and George H., who resides in Iowa. His widow is now the wife of Joseph Buckley, of this township. Charles W. came to this township in 1865; remained here three years, and, rotm-ning to Kendall County, lived there until the spring of 1876. In the fall of 1877, he associated in business with Adam Staufler, under the firm name of Barker & Stauffer, which copartnership still exists. They k'sep a general hardware stock and handle farm implements, making a specialty of Weir and John Deere plows, Union and Deere planters, McCormick's harvesting machines, Webber wagons and Abbott's carriages. In 1872, he was married to Priscilla Coop, daughter of Samuel Coop, of this township; no children. He is a member of Minooka Lodge, No. 528, A., F. & A. M., Orient Chapter, R. A. M., and Blaney Commandery (Knights Templar).

JOSEPH BUCKLEY, farmer, P. O. Minooka ; emigrated from Lancashire, England, to this county in the spring of 1849; he was born February 3, 1831, son of John and Mary Buckley, both natives of Lancashire, England. Mr. Buckley's early boyhood was spent in school and in the drug store of his father, who was an apothecary and who died in 1851 , »t which time Joseph returned to England to settle up his father's estate, remaining there four years and a half. tJpon his retm'n to the State, he located in Kendall County, in Lisbon Township, and engaged in farming. August 11, 1862, he responded to the Nation's call, and, although not a fullfledged citizen at that time, he promptly answered to the call to arms, and enlisted as a private in Company H, Eighty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and continued in service and participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, beginning with Stone River and ending with that of Keuesaw Mountain, June 21, 1861, where he was shot through the shoulder, the ball passing down and out of the forearm. This ended his usefulness as a soldier, and, after several months in hospitals, was discharged, January 20, 1865, on account of disability, and returned to Kendall County, In the spring of 1866, he located in this township, on the southwest (jnarter of Section 5, upon land that he had purchased in 1863, and has since remained here. He has a good farm of 100 acres, with excellent buildings thereon. February 23, he man-ied Mi-s. Mary Barker, relict of William M. Barker; she was born in Derbyshire, England, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Milner) Naden, the latter a daughter of John and Mary Milner. The Naden family emigrated from England in 18-16, locating in Lisbon, Kendall County. Mr. Buckley has one son. Both he and wife are members of the An Sable M. E. Church. PETER H. BRISCOE, farmer, P. O. Minooka. Among the representative young men and farmers of this township is Peter H. Briscoe. He was born May 23, 1853, at Dresden, this township, youngest son of Nicholas and Mary (Byrns) Briscoe. Nicholas Briscoe was born in Kings County, Ireland, in September, 1795, and came to America in the spring of 1850. The family consisted of himself, wife and nine children - Richard, Patrick, Allen, Maria, Eliza, James, John, Nicholas and Bridget. Thc3e since born that lived are Peter H. and William. Nicholas Briscoe came to Dresden first, and lived there about two years; then moved to Section 24, where he rented land, and, several years after, purchased 360 acres, 160 acres on Section 13, balance on Section 24, and remained on the same until his death, which occiiired August 1, 1882. He was a member of the Catholic Chui-ch and highly respected in the commuuity in which he lived. His widow and live children now survive him, viz., Patrick, Ellen, Maria, Eliza and Peter H. Patrick resides in Will County, 111., in Channahon. Ellen is the wife of Thomas Daly, and resides in Lynn County, Mo. Maria resides in this township, wife of James Mead, and Eliza resides in Minnesota, wife of William Harrison. Peter H. Briscoe, the subject of these lines, came to this farm with his parents, and remained with them until the year 1879, when, on November 3, that year, he married Margaret Burke, who was born in this township, daughter of Thomas Burke. After his marriage, he located on the farm he now owns, and has since remained there, engaged in farming, his farm consisting of 200 acres, on Section 24. He has always been identified with the Democratic party; he served the township as Collector in 1878 and 1879, and served two terms and was re-elected Supervisor of the township in the spring of 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe have two children - John and Eliza. He is a member of the Catholic Church at Minooka. THOilAS BURKE, farmer, P. O. Minoo ka. Of the highly respectable citizens of Au Sable Township, Thomas Burke ranks among the first. He was born December 22, 1824, in County Clare, Ireland, in the said e house that his ancestors for three generations were born. His father, Garrett Burke, was born m 1804; his wife, who bore our subject, (Thomas; the only son), was Sarah Kleine. Garrett Burke, the youngest, was a son of Patrick, who was a son of Michael Burke, who settled in County Clare prior to the Kevolution. In 1847, the subject of this sketch left the old country and came to

America, landing in New York in the spring of that year. He lived in New York about one year, then came to Pike County, Ind., where he lived until the fall of 1851, when he came to this township, and, for about six years, rented land, after which he made a purchase of eighty acres of unimproved land, paying for it $9 per acre, and has since added to the same, and now has 160 acres and some timber. In 1851, he married Elizabeth Welch, a native of Kings County, Ireland, daughter of AV^illiam Welch; they have two children - Margaret and Elizabeth; the former is the wife of Peter Briscoe, of this township.